Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-10-27
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| the rock country, Dout IL miles nOrtI
O. here, 'moung the big canyons al
cuts, an we found plenty of antelope
We killed five by dark, but by the time
we could gather their saddles an pack
! our extra horses. which we'd took two,
I an get back to the ranch. it was nigh
daylight next morning.
THE boys hadn't come. so, as we
was m ghty tired an hungry an sleepy,
we turned our ponies in with the other
\ stock in the big corral. and got us some
breakfast; then we piled onto n couple
of hunks and was soon sleepin'
| II was woke up by II punch in the
ribs, an when I'd come to myself
4 'nough to Git my eyes rubbed open,
saw that there was half dozen naked.
greasy Cheyennes in the room, stand
ing around a-grinnin' at us. i saw,
too. that Ed was awake, an that they
had gathered up all our shootin' irons.
and that we was both pris' ners in our
own shantv.
ltll u llldJ VIC bOth icit
mighty foolish and badly scared, though
we put on MS bold face as we could,
Ed was the braveSt, though, and the
coolest. He'd been trapeze perform
er along with Montgomery Queens big
show. He was all masclcs an siners.
up to all sorts of tricks. and as spry as
cat.
"Waal sir soon as Ell saw how
twas. he reached out his hand to the
nearest buck an says, says e: How
do, brudder?'
"How? saws the Injun. an all OF
'em gruntcd and grmncd.
But jest then there was a terrible
connection and a-yelIin' outside, an
two or three of the Injuns rushed out.
The others wanted to see the rumpus.
too, | 'Spcct, for they turned to us, and
motioned us ont of the door. We got
| up and walked out. with an Iniun in
| front an two behind us. AS we got
| out the door we heard frightful Yell
| in outside the stOckadt There was
| six or seven Chcvenncs dancin' ana
scrcechin' like they'd gone plumb
crazr. But the biggist fun was goin'
on inside the stock corral, and we soon
saw that the dane n bscks was a-laugh-
in. though you'd never guess at that
by jest listenn' to EN-.
you see. one of Their fellows. think
in of course he'd have an easy job, had
rode into the corral to drive out the
stock there was thirteen ridin' ponies
and three or four colts. But there was
u customer in there that the Cheyenne
hadn't rcckoncd on. 1t was big jack.
Jest the ugl est. OrncriCst crittcr ever
YOU set eyes on. He never lowed any
stranger inside that corral if he could
help it, an he gen'ly could, an that
was one reason we KEEP Inn.
oval, he'd got after Mr.. Che, enne.
an he WAS goin' for him most Savagely.
"Whcn we first saw the race, the
lnjun WAS clear upon his pony's neck.
a-cinging for dear life. and the jack
WAS right up alongside with his jaws
wide open. The CHEYENNE had lost
hold o his reins, an was Jest hangin'
over on the opposite de Of the horse :
neck, an there they was, goin' round
aud round, the jack u-grabbiu' and
bjtin' at the lnjun, an a-brayin' an
squealin' till YOU could hrnrd him a
mile. An the best of it all was. that
them Cheyenne outside al seemed to
think it was the biggest kind Of fun.
Talk about an Iniun'> not laughin'.
why, fellows, they busted their throats.
They cIapped their hands onto theil
stomach~. an doubled up like jack
knives. Ell and me laughed too. don't
believe we could II helped it if we'd
known they'd kill us the next minute.
But matters soon begun 10 get pref
~ ser Gus inside the corral; the lnjur
darsn't git of his pony. for he could
see mighty plain that jack was after
him.
He'd Il got the fellow. too. if hi
pony, hadn't a-ben such a smart LITTLE
critter; the mustang seemed TO know
that his master was in danger, for he
kept fl in right around in shor
circle, keepn' away from the fence
aud keep n the jack on the outside o
his circle.
But the Injunwas awful sacred; b,